Improved bureau-bedstead



PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS DEROME, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVED BU REAU-BEDSTEAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,035, dated March 31, 1863.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS DEROME, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and Improved Bureau-Bedstead; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention is to form a cheap and convenient bedstead, that can be folded together and inclosed in the form of a bureau, secretary, or the like.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, as closed; Fig. 2, 'as open, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion.

A is'tlie front of the bureau.

B is the mattress, in two or more parts, having wooden sides or rails B, hinged together, as shown at O. The rails B are also hinged at one end to the sides of the bureau, and at the other end by a movable hinge, D, to the front. The hingeD is attached to the side or rail B by a pin, i, and is formed with two arms or branches, (1 d, flanged at their ends e e.

h h are guide-plates, set on the inner side of the bureau-front, for e e to work in.

k is a support for the center of the bed, which turns against the side or rail when the bedstead is folded up.

m m are buttons or catches, acted upon by the drawer-handles on the front of the bureau for the purpose of fastening the same when closed.

19 is a hook for securing the front in an upright position when the bedstead is in use.

1 is a cord with a hook at its end, winding upon a shaft, t, of which 8 is the crank, to aid in folding the bedstead into the bureau.

The dotted lines show the position of the various parts when being closed by the cord 1".

u is a foot, terminating in a caster attached to the under part of the mattress.

'v is a mosquito-bar attached at one end to the under side of the bureau top, to be drawn over and attached to the front A, when the bedstead is open.

There is space sufficient between the mat tress, when folded, and the top of the bureau for a shelf to hold pillows, mosquito-bar, and extra bed-clothes.

Operation: Suppose the bedstead to be open and it is desired to close it, the hook p is disengaged from the front A and the leg 70, if down, is turned against the rail B. The cord 1* is attached to the mattress, as shown in Fig. 2, and, being wound upon the shaft, raises the mattress, as shown by the dotted lines, the ends b of the rails drop, being allowed so to do by the arms 01 d sliding down the guideplates h h, thereby permitting the casters u to traverse on the floor of the room. Or, if it is desired to form a sick-chair, so that an invalid may sit in an easy posture without leaving the bed, the hook p is not to be detached from the front, but the mattress is drawn up 'to a proper position and there held by the support It. The inside of the front A, being upholstered, forms a comfortable back and the mosquito-bar gives protection from flies, 850.

I do not claim a bedstead closing in form of a bureau, secretary, &c.; neither do I claim a jointed mattress.

I claim-- 1. The application to bureau-bedsteads of a hinge, D, with its arms or branches terminating in flanges e e, sliding up and down the guide-plates h h, for the purpose of allowing the casters u u to traverse upon the floor in closing the bedstead, substantially in the manner herein described.

'2. The combination of the hinged mattress with a bureau having a movable front, when said frontis attached to the mattress by means of the hinges D, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein described.

3. In combination with the hinged bureaubedstead herein described, the cord 0" and shaft LOUIS DEROME.

Witnesses CHAS. R. Bonn, WM. HENRY TIFFANY. 

